Visit of the Commerce Service Statistics Section, Central Java Provincial Statistics Agency

The Boyolali Regency Central Statistics Agency (BPS) Office Meeting which was held on Thursday, 6 December 2019, was visited by the Commerce Statistics Service Section, BPS Statistics Distribution Division in Central Java Province. The visit consisted of the Head of the Commerce Services Section, Ade Sandi Parwoto, S.ST, MM and his staff, Yayan Arum Wulandari, SE, in order to convey evaluation and monitoring as well as sharing knowledge of tourism statistics activities.

In order to create an accurate Indonesian Data One, including tourism data, improving the quality of the data is very much needed. Tourism indicators that have been used as parameters of economic development in an area such as the Room Occupancy Rate (TPK) of accommodation, the Occupancy Rate of Accommodation (TPTT) of accommodation, Average Length of Stay (RLM) of accommodation, Number of Nusantara Tourists both foreign and domestic, The number of tourist attraction objects, and so on, results from various survey activities in the field of tourism statistics. Tourism statistical activities that lead at the district level include VHTS Survey (Monthly Accommodation Services Survey), VHTL Survey (Annual Accommodation Services Survey), VIOT (Inbound-Outbound Tourist Survey), VREST Survey (Restaurant Survey) and VDTW Survey (Power Object Survey) Tour Attraction).

Because of the importance of indicators generated from tourism statistical activities, data collection carried out at the district level must be accurate and reliable. During the visit it was stated that the collection of data on the tourism statistics of Boyolali Regency in 2019 was quite good and timely. Going forward, it is expected to be even better in terms of timeliness and quality, for the sake of more accurate data.